Today was a hard day again. We started off with a hazy sky which stayed the same for most of the day, except when the sun peaked from behind the clouds a couple of times. Today the scenery was more exciting again. The roads were fairly quiet too, which always helps.

I rode with Christeena for most of the day. I enjoyed her talking and riding with her for the day. We climbed the pass (yes, another mountain range) today and biked all the way up to 9485 feet which was an 8% grade. I always feel a sense of accomplishment and pride when I get to the top. I feel like I conquered the world.

I could tell the air was thinner. When you breath you feel like you aren't breathing anything in. Normally I can feel a breathe in the roof of my mouth, but towards the top nothing. So, I took lots of breaks on the way up to catch my breath. We knew we were getting high up when the roads have a gate and notice that they are closed to all vehicles in the winter and there were no houses past that point.

Later in the day we went through Starvation Park, where it was again desert.

Also, these long straight roads make it seem like you don't get anywhere at all. They just keep going and going.

After a long day of riding you can see peoples hair sticking out the top of their helmet and their hair is usually formed into nice rows. Look here at Byran Flikkema's hair.

Today we had another rainbow.

Also, I woke up this morning to Poisin Ivy. I was already having a hard time getting started, but I was even more discouraged once I found this out.